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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480272303321

Autore

℗Łozi{acute}nska Joanna

Titolo

Path and manner saliency in Polish in contrast with Russian : a cognitive linguistic study / / by Joanna Lozinska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2018

{copy}2018

ISBN

90-04-36035-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture, , 1879-5412 ; ; Volume 15

Disciplina

491.855

Soggetti

Polish language - Grammar, Comparative - Russian

Russian language - Grammar, Comparative - Polish

Motion in language

Cognitive grammar

Comparative linguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Copyright page / Joanna Łozińska -- Dedication / Joanna Łozińska -- Acknowledgements / Joanna Łozińska -- List of Figures and Tables / Joanna Łozińska -- Introduction / Joanna Łozińska -- Part 1 / Joanna Łozińska -- Theoretical Assumptions of Cognitive Linguistics / Joanna Łozińska -- About Motion / Joanna Łozińska -- Path and Manner Coded in Motion Verbs and Verbal Prefixes / Joanna Łozińska -- Part 2 / Joanna Łozińska -- Lexicalization of Manner and Path in Polish / Joanna Łozińska -- Lexicalization of Manner and Path in Polish and Russian. A Comparative Study of Translated Texts / Joanna Łozińska -- Elicitation Tasks / Joanna Łozińska -- Conclusions and General Discussion / Joanna Łozińska -- Back Matter -- Appendix / Joanna Łozińska -- Bibliography / Joanna Łozińska -- Author Index / Joanna Łozińska -- Subject Index / Joanna Łozińska -- Verb Index / Joanna Łozińska.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a contrastive analysis of the lexicalization of motion events in Polish in comparison with Russian. The study, set in the



framework of Cognitive Linguistics, adopts a usage-based approach to language analysis. Consequently, it draws on data derived from a wide variety of sources, namely modern novels, translated texts and elicitation tasks. Besides describing the distribution of path and manner information in and outside the verb in the two languages, the book addresses questions concerning the place of Polish and Russian on the continuum of the salience of the manner of motion as well as cognitive mechanisms reflected in the lexicalization patterns of motion events.